International Business Management
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Course Introduction
International Business Management explores the strategic, operational, and cultural challenges faced by organizations operating in a global environment. The course examines key concepts such as international market entry modes, cross-cultural management, global supply chain strategies, and the impact of international regulations and trade policies. Students will analyze real-world case studies to understand how multinational corporations navigate diverse economic, political, and legal systems, develop global strategies, and adapt to dynamic international markets. Emphasis is placed on building the managerial skills necessary to lead teams and make effective decisions in multicultural and rapidly changing business contexts.
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International Marketing 15th Edition by Philip; Gilly
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Chapter 1: The Scope and Challenge of International Marketing
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Q1) _____ is the performance of business activities designed to plan, price, promote, and direct the flow of a company's goods and services to consumers or users in more than one nation for a profit.
A) Multinational marketing
B) World trade
C) Corporate management
D) International marketing
E) Global trade
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is an uncontrollable factor in a domestic environment?
A) Firm characteristics
B) Competitive structure
C) Channels of distribution
D) Price
E) Promotion
Answer: B
Q3) A self-reference criterion is closely related to ethnocentrism.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Dynamic Environment of International Trade
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Q1) The reciprocal impact of U.S. assistance to other countries to develop their markets and improve global trade was that the recipient countries provided funds for American domestic infrastructure development efforts.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which of the following can the exchange permit stipulate?
A) The quantity of goods that can be exchanged for a particular sum of foreign currency
B) The number of parties that can be involved in an exchange transaction
C) The amount to be exchanged to be deposited in a local bank
D) The parties involved to declare collaterals to avail of exchange permits
E) The number of times one party can avail of exchange permits
Answer: C
Q3) The decisions of the World Trade Organization in trade dispute among members are binding decisions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: History and Geography: The Foundations of Culture
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Q1) The main focus of sustainable development is caring for the environment.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q2) Petroleum's versatility ensures that petroleum-related products still dominate energy usage.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) Geography is part of an organization's:
A) internal environment.
B) controllable external environment.
C) uncontrollable external environment.
D) parallel environment (controllable).
E) parallel environment (uncontrollable).
Answer: C
Q4) The influence of self-reference criteria is not limited to our view of history.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Cultural Dynamics in Assessing Global Markets
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Q1) As Mike Jones has grown up, he has learned a great about his culture from his schools, church, mass media, and family. This learning is called:
A) acculturation.
B) socialization.
C) naturalization.
D) emancipation.
E) adaptation.
Q2) The relationship between language and international marketing is an important factor that cannot be overestimated. Recent studies indicate that a new concept, ____, is proving useful to marketing researchers in market segmentation and strategic entry decisions.
A) paralinguistics
B) linguistic distance
C) language parallels
D) language roots
E) linguistic accents
Q3) Briefly discuss the relevance of the concept of linguistic distance.
Q4) Illustrate the difference in Western and Asian thought processes using Richard Nisbett's metaphor.
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Chapter 5: Culture, Management Style, and Business Systems
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Q1) According to Lester Thurow, a _____ form of capitalism is practiced in Japan and Germany where there is cooperation among government, management, and labor.
A) individualistic
B) communistic
C) communitarian
D) protectionist
E) antiquated
Q2) P-time is characterized by "a great involvement with people."
A)True
B)False
Q3) With respect to business customs, customs in which the outsider must not participate are called:
A) imperatives.
B) electives.
C) exclusives.
D) non-traditional.
E) standardized.
Q4) Discuss the American manager's attitude toward objectivity in decisions.
Q5) Briefly describe the guidelines for adaptation.
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Chapter 6: The Political Environment: A Critical Concern
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Q1) Planned domestication can be profitable and operationally expedient for the foreign investor.
A)True B)False
Q2) It is illegal for U.S. citizens to pay bribe unless it is a common practice in the host country.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Briefly discuss the role of PSAs and NGOs.
Q4) Meteora Inc. is planning to enter the African market through its mobile phone manufacturing operations in Kenya. Which of the following could favor a positive relation with the host country?
A) Meteora Inc. plans to use their manufacturing unit as an export base.
B) Meteora Inc. plans to import phone components from China.
C) Meteora has an R & D centre in California and all technology will be patented there.
D) Most of Meteora Inc.'s middle and upper management are expatriates.
E) Meteora has bargained for a tax holiday for the next five financial years.
Q5) Describe the concept of nationalism and list some of the ways it can be manifested.
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Chapter 7: The International Legal Environment: Playing by the Rules
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Q1) _____ is based on an all-inclusive system of written rules of law.
A) Common law
B) Constitutional law
C) Code law
D) Theological law
E) Family law
Q2) Identify the two types of licenses required for export.
Q3) Charging what the market will bear is a suggested strategy for IP-rich firms to make money in China.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to the text Vietnam, Russia, Japan and _____ made major progress in reducing software piracy from 2003 to 2006.
A) Tunisia
B) India
C) Iran
D) China
E) Myanmar
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Q5) Compare the differences between "prior use" and "registration" ownership with an example.
Chapter 8: Developing a Global Vision Through Marketing Research
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Q1) Convenience samples are generally used when detailed social, geographic and economic information is available for the sampling universe.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is the best explanation for the unwillingness or inability of many international consumers to respond to research surveys?
A) Fear of government reprisals
B) Lack of incentives
C) Inability to use the Internet
D) Lack of interest
E) Cultural differences
Q3) Write a short note on the expert opinion method of demand forecasting.
Q4) Which of the following research methods is most likely to be associated with quantitative research?
A) Focus group
B) Interview
C) Survey
D) Observation
E) Data gathering with the help of mechanical devices
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Chapter 9: Economic Development and the Americas
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Q1) _____ development is generally understood to mean an increase in national production that results in an increase in the average per capita gross domestic product (GDP) or gross national income (GNI).
A) Market
B) Export
C) Import
D) Economic
E) Supply
Q2) The long-term goal of the LAIA (Latin American Integration Association), better known by its Spanish acronym, ALADI, is:
A) to improve the literacy levels in member countries.
B) to reduce the child mortality rates in member countries.
C) to establish a Latin American common market.
D) improve the standard of living in the member countries.
E) increase the industrial production in the member countries.
Q3) The more developed an economy, the lesser the variety of marketing functions demanded.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
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Q1) Many international trade experts have marveled at how members of the European Union have overcome ____, ____, and _____ differences.
A) marketing; management; promotional
B) energy; political; geographical
C) cultural; legal; social
D) time zone; coastal; religious
E) language; educational; technological
Q2) The _____ increases the authority of the institutions of the EU and is designed to accommodate the changes brought about by the monetary union and the admission of new members.
A) Treaty of Rome
B) Single European Act
C) Maastricht Treaty
D) NAFTA
E) Amsterdam Treaty
Q3) The European Union was created when the 12 nations of the European Community ratified the Maastricht Treaty.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: The Asia Pacific Region
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Q1) Which of the following out-of-control factor explains Japan's end-of-the-century economic problems?
A) The deeply-rooted bureaucratic structure
B) The rise in global oil prices
C) The complex Japanese language
D) The growing fiscal deficit
E) The burgeoning population
Q2) It is more convenient to think of China as a group of regions rather than a single country.
A)True
B)False
Q3) C. K. Prahalad and his associates introduced a new concept into the discussion of developing countries and markets- bottom-of-the-pyramid markets (BOPMs) 23 -consisting of the 4 billion people across the globe with annual incomes of less than
A) $400
B) $1,200
C) $2500
D) $3700
E) $4200
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Chapter 12: Global Marketing Management: Planning and Organization
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Q1) Which of the following modes of foreign market entry requires the most amount of equity and, therefore, the most risk?
A) Exporting
B) Importing
C) Contractual agreements
D) Strategic alliances
E) Direct foreign investment
Q2) With respect to the international planning process, the marketing plan begins with a situation analysis and culminates in the selection of an entry mode and a specific action program for the market.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A company has four different modes of foreign market entry. Which of the following would NOT be among those modes?
A) Exporting
B) Nonequity importing
C) Contractual agreements
D) Strategic alliances
E) Direct foreign investment
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Chapter 13: Products and Services for Consumers
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Q1) Services are distinguished by all of the following unique characteristics EXCEPT:
A) intangibility.
B) inseparability.
C) heterogeneity.
D) perishability.
E) repeatability.
Q2) Though quality is always important in the consumer's mind, they, in general, do not expect it to be a given.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Green marketing is the term frequently used to identify a marketer's efforts to reduce its dependency on U.S. dollars as the standard for international exchange.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Everett Rogers notes that four crucial elements impact the diffusion of new ideas. What are those elements?
Q5) Discuss how can company stereotyping be overcome?
Q6) Describe the process called product homologation.
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Chapter 14: Products and Services for Businesses
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Q1) Which of the following is, perhaps, the most significant environmental factor affecting the international market for industrial goods and services?
A) Foreign exchange
B) Political conditions
C) The degree of industrialization
D) The level of competition
E) Inflation
Q2) In Stage 2 of Rostow's five-stage model of economic growth, manufacturing is beginning and primary needs are related to infrastructure development. Which of the following countries would be characterized as being in this stage of economic development?
A) Russia
B) Eastern European countries
C) South Korea
D) Czech Republic
E) Vietnam
Q3) The perception of quality rests solely with the quality inspector.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the price-quality relationship.
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Chapter 15: International Marketing Channels
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Q1) A(n) _____ is an individual agent middleman or an agent middleman firm providing a selling service for manufacturers that normally covers only one or two markets and operates on straight commission basis.
A) complementary marketer
B) export management company
C) Webb-Pomerene export association
D) global retailer
E) manufacturer's export agent
Q2) _____ is one of the basic subject areas that should be on a checklist of criteria for evaluating middlemen serving a market.
A) Knowledge of the product
B) Knowledge of geography or terrain
C) Knowledge of local culture and traditions
D) Productivity or volume
E) Reputation in the target market
Q3) As modern channel structures continue to evolve importers and retailers are even becoming involved in new product development.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Integrated Marketing Communications and International Advertising
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Q1) Problems of literacy, media availability, and types of media create problems in the communications process at the decoding step.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____ communications are composed of advertising, sales promotions, trade shows, personal selling, direct selling, and public relations.
A) International
B) Integrated marketing
C) Public
D) Management
E) Grapevine
Q3) Which of the following are considered to be major communications media in most countries?
A) Newspapers and magazines
B) Radio and television
C) Newspapers and the Internet
D) Billboards and television
E) Radio and newspapers
Q4) Define sales promotion.
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Chapter 17: Personal Selling and Sales Management
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Q1) When selecting sales and marketing personnel to go abroad, what are the specific characteristics and skills that a company should look for in these personnel?
Q2) Why do companies favor third-country nationals for overseas assignments?
Q3) According to experts, what form of selling has the best results in Japan?
A) Expatriate selling
B) Localized selling
C) Virtual selling
D) Asian selling (i.e., personnel from China)
E) Visionary selling
Q4) Studies find that the expatriate manager's lack of cultural awareness was the primary reason for his/her failure to function effectively in a foreign assignment.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Generally, successful sales representatives share common traits across cultures.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The first step in managing a sales force is its design.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Pricing for International Markets
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Q1) Full-cost pricing is a philosophy that insists that one unit of a product be different from ensuing units and must, therefore, be priced differently.
A)True
B)False
Q2) If limited supply exists, a company may follow a _____ approach to maximize revenue and to match demand to supply.
A) penetration pricing
B) psychological pricing
C) predatory pricing
D) premium pricing
E) skimming
Q3) _____ are the primary outside source of aid for companies beset by the uncertainty of a countertrade.
A) Auction quarters
B) Barter houses
C) Trade camps
D) Swap centers
E) Switch hubs
Q4) What is a tariff? What are the three basic ways in which tariffs may be levied?
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Chapter 19: Negotiating With International Customers,
Partners, and Regulators
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Q1) In most places in the world, particularly in collectivistic, high-context cultures, personalities and substance are not separate issues and cannot be made so.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Phil, a buyer for a chain of departmental stores in the U.S., and his team are engaged in negotiations with a Brazilian supplier. Which of the following signals would indicate that Phil's team has been making progress in the negotiations with the Brazilians?
A) Lowered bargaining by the Brazilians
B) Including executives of lower rank than those present, to continue the discussions
C) A noticeable decrease in instances of private conversations among the Brazilians
D) Questions that focus on the more general areas of the deal
E) Taking more time to discuss particular issues
Q3) Explain the importance of follow-up communications and procedures in international business negotiations.
Q4) What are the seven aspects of the negotiation setting that must be manipulated ahead of time if possible?
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